Dixie Lee Raley June 17, 1934~Jan. 21, 2017 Dixie Lee Raley passed away on Jan. 21, 2017, in Grand Junction, Colo. She was born on June 17, 1934, in Meeker, Colo., to Everett Edward Proctor and Wilda Jean Bloomfield. Dixie had a love and talent for poetry and music; not[Read More…]
Author: Special to the Herald Times
Week in Sports: February 9, 2017
Photos courtesy of Bobby Gutierrez and Matt Scoggins
Let the light shine at the Coal Creek School
MEEKER | Light will again be shining into Coal Creek School. The windows at Coal Creek School are being installed this month. Each of the windows had to be rebuilt as only two partial original windows were left in the school. Alan Nielsen and Josh DeBerge of MM-Eight Construction worked[Read More…]
Candy sale benefits Rangely’s New Eden
RANGELY | Candy sale! The perfect gift for your Valentine! Homemade chocolates and hard candies. Buy at Sweetbriar on Main Street in Rangely Feb. 13-14 from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. or at White River Market (ACE) Feb. 13 from 4:30-6:30 p.m. or Feb. 14 from 3-5 p.m. All proceeds[Read More…]
Sports highlights from CNCC
RANGELY | “January turned out to be great month for our Spartans,” said CNCC interim athletic director Chris Vergnaud. The men’s basketball team earned their first SWAC win by defeating USU-Eastern. They had two more conference matches that were tight and down to the wire. First, losing a heartbreaker in[Read More…]
Nieslanik named to president’s list at Gonzaga University
MEEKER | Samuel Nieslanik, a resident of Scio, Ore., has earned placement on the Gonzaga University president’s list for fall semester 2016. Students must earn a 3.85 to 4.0 grade-point average to be listed. Nieslanik is the son of Joe and Ellen Nieslanik. Gonzaga University is a private Catholic, Jesuit,[Read More…]
Spring thaw load restrictions underway
RBC | Rio Blanco County Road Spring Load Restrictions began Feb. 8. Affected roads are county roads 5 (Piceance Creek), 24 (Ryan Gulch), 7 (Strawberry Creek) and 21 (Bonanza). Restrictions remain in place until March 1. We appreciate your cooperation in our efforts to protect our paved county roads. For[Read More…]
Letter: The death of Mr. Common Sense
Dear Editor: There have been some bad calls in Meeker in the last few months by the people in some form of power that have not been in the best interests of the people in Meeker and Rio Blanco County. Before the people in any form of power in any[Read More…]
Rangely Jr./Sr. High School fall semester honor roll
6TH GRADE – 1ST SEMESTER Straight “A’s” Rylee Allred, Ashton Bennett, Kasen LeBleu, MacKenzie Manchester, Kyrah Phelps, Kadence Wagner, Marsten Wagner, Kevin Wren “B” Honor Roll Kenyon Cochrane, Andrew Dorris, Anthony Dorris, Elyse Francis, Kiley Goshe, Dakota Hartman, Mariah Henson, Corbin Lucero, Julian Pena, Luis Quintana, Curtis Reeves, Ryelee Reeves,[Read More…]
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Guest Editorial: Rankin’s view of DeVos rankles reader
By Jay Sullivan, Ph.D. Special to the Herald Times RBC | Joyce Rankin’s editorial on what DeVos deserves is full of half-truths and distorted facts. The word deserves means to merit, be qualified for or have a claim. (Dictionary.com) DeVos has never attended a public school, she has not studied[Read More…]
RBC Woolgrowers meeting March 3
RBC | The annual meeting for Rio Blanco Woolgrowers will be Friday, March 3. The meeting will be at the RBC Fairgrounds with call to order at 9 a.m. Presentations of interest to the agricultural industry will be made that are pertinent to upcoming regulation changes, etc. A lamb lunch[Read More…]
